Ogoamaka Nwana, MSc

Podcast🎙️| Early Childhood 🧠 | Parenting 🤓 | Research |

[Ogoamaka Nwana, MSc @askmsogy]

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[Dan Wuori @DanWuori]

Parents/grandparents: this post could save your family hundreds of dollars.

Did you know it’s actually possible for young children to have TOO MANY toys? 🧸 🎁

As we enter the holiday season, grown ups often feel pressured to make the big event “extra special” - which can lead not only to over spending, but to more gifts than your little one is ready to meaningfully engage.

In a 2018 study, researchers observed two different toddler play settings - one with 16 toys and the other with only 4.

What they found was that the children presented with fewer options actually engaged more deeply in play.

They stayed focused longer and used the toys available to them in more imaginative ways.

Which is just what we want, developmentally.

Parents participating in the study were asked, meanwhile, to estimate the number of toys available in their homes. Some self reported 90 or more.

90 different choices! 🤯

This holiday season I want to help both your baby and your credit rating… and assure you that this is a case where LESS can actually be more.

When purchasing toys, focus on quality, not quantity.

Here’s how:

As you consider an item, take a moment to brainstorm a list of its potential uses.

Is it something that your child might, with a little imagination, use in multiple types of play?

Does it lend itself to sustained engagement?

Will it help them to think, build, imagine, create, or problem solve?

If the answer is yes, you have a winner.

If the answer is no, leave it on the shelf.

Your little one doesn’t require dozens of gift wrapped boxes.

And buyer beware: they’re likely to be just as thrilled with the box as the item inside.

Buy less.

Toddler parents, I’d love for you to weigh in here. What toy sustains your little one’s attention the LONGEST? What toy do you see them using in the most ways?

Finally a favor to ask… if this post is pertinent to you and you have the means to do so, please take a little of the money this approach saves you and buy a duplicate toy (or two) for donation to a child who may not be as fortunate as your own this holiday season.
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This little guy and his favorite plaything were shared by mariavmcauley on TT.

[Ogoamaka Nwana, MSc @askmsogy]

Nobody talks about getting older and seeing your parents grow old 🥹

[Ogoamaka Nwana, MSc @askmsogy]

@EllieTaylor9_ Good Luck Ellie!

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Have you seen this Tire recycling business in Nigeria?

[Ogoamaka Nwana, MSc @askmsogy]

“Somehow you will, you will when you BELIEVEEE” 🎶

[Justin Thiel @JThiel]

“During a study at Harvard in 1957, Dr. Curt Richter placed rats in a pool of water to test how long they could tread water.

On average they'd give up, sink and drown after 15 minutes.

But right before they gave up due to exhaustion, the researchers would pluck them out, dry them off, let them rest for a few minutes and put them back in for a second round.

In this second try, how long do you think they lasted?

Remember, they had just swam until failure only a few short minutes ago...

How long do you think?

Another 15 minutes?

10 minutes?

5 minutes?

NO!

60 HOURS!

That's not an error.

That's right!

60 HOURS of swimming which is 2.5 DAYS!

The conclusion drawn was that since the rats BELIEVED that they would eventually be
rescued,

they could push their bodies way past what they previously thought impossible.

I will leave you with this thought:

If an Unstoppable Belief can cause exhausted rats to swim for that long,

what could a Belief in yourself and your Capabilities Do for You?

Remember What you’re capable of.

Remember Why you’re here.

Keep swimming and

Never Ever Quit.”

[Ogoamaka Nwana, MSc @askmsogy]

@jthiel Who will you be only if you believed?
Thanks for sharing @jthiel

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[Dan Wuori @DanWuori]

It’s like looking in a mirror. 🪞

Check out the joint attention between this little one (10 weeks) and her big brother - who’s teaching an absolute master class in how to stimulate baby’s brain.

I mean, are these two locked in or what?

Brother is at baby’s level, up close, face-to-face and grinning from ear to ear.

Their eye contact is unbroken. No distractions… just them.

And he’s mirroring her vocalizations in a way that’s obviously thrilling for baby. Look at her face light up.

Just beautiful.

This sweet duo was shared to TT by gillianmccreery.

[Ogoamaka Nwana, MSc @askmsogy]

You’re first someone’s child!

[Ogoamaka Nwana, MSc @askmsogy]

It’s okay if it takes you 2 hours to write one paragraph of your research paper. You’re doing a lot of mental work, keep going 👍🏾.

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YES! you can!

[Ogoamaka Nwana, MSc @askmsogy]

Is bilingualism doing more harm than good to children??? 👀

[Ogoamaka Nwana, MSc @askmsogy]

Parents who say, “I will not speak my native language to my child because it affects their English.”
THIS IS A MYTH 🫠

[Ogoamaka Nwana, MSc @askmsogy]

Have you ever lost the content of a working document, a paper, letter, email, whatever that had taken a lot of mental effort?
HOW DID THAT FEEL? 🫠😳😩

[Ogoamaka Nwana, MSc @askmsogy]

When scientists/researchers argue over one concept or another, it can often feel intense 😳. The first time I witnessed this, all I could think of was ‘please don’t fight… lol.’ Later, I realized the goal is to challenge each other to bring out the best 💯

[Ogoamaka Nwana, MSc @askmsogy]

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